Item Description: Raduga Publishers, Moscow, 1982. Laminated Pictorial Boards. Book Condition: Very Good -. No Jacket. Mikhail Belominsky (illustrator). First American Edition. Lions and Sailing Ships by Svyatoslav Sakharnov was published by Raduga Publishers, Moscow, in 1982. Not an ex-library copy, this 8 1/2" X 11", 55-page offering is in VG- condition. I'm saying that this is not an ex-library book, although it is stamped "DISCARDED" on upper right portion of front loose end page, for some reason. But for some slight yellowing of endpapers front and back, as well as pages of text, this offering, at age 29, is still in quite sound shape. Perhaps the most laudable feature of this slender, over-sized volume are the amusing, full color Drawings of Mikhail Belomlinsky, which occur with some frequency. The artist also provided the Introduction to this collection of some twenty "modern" Russian folk tales, as retold, or originated, by Sakharnov. They are organized into two parts: Tales About Lions and Sailing Ships, and Tales About the Sea. Some of the titles offered are "The Sailor Called Mr. Steamer", "The Sailing Ship and the Sailfish", "The Forty Pirates", "How the Crab Gave the Whale a Helping Hand", "The Shrimp and the Three Sea Urchins", "How the Gilthead Learned To Swim Backwards", "The Swindler Crayfish", and "The Little Crab's House". If you enjoy, or know someone else who might, stories told in the tradition and style of Russian children's tales, this offering will definitely meet with your approval, Reader. Thank you!!. Bookseller Inventory # 004979